All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Viv Altacar elaborated on the cost and efficiency benefits of autonomous ships, noting that removing human amenities like beds, commissaries, and bathrooms significantly reduces complexity and cost. This allows for greater optimization in naval architecture, speed, range, and payload.
“I think half is a little excessive, but you know, there is a significant percentage of the components, the cost, the labor that actually goes into catering to human beings on board.”
“Um, and then at the end of the day, you can actually start to end-tend and optimize a lot of different things.”
“Um, and again, reduce a lot of the complexity where you're removing subsystems that are meant for humans. Yeah.”